Category: University of Cambridge

‘I was raped. And my dreams were shattered’ – Gina Miller on abuse, cancer and the toxic race for Cambridge chancellor

She is the lawyer who fought against Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. Now she’s vying to be the university’s first female chancellor – all while going through chemotherapy. She talks about the attack that...

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Forget Oxbridge: St Andrews knocks top universities off perch

Latest Guardian University Guide shows leading trio are in league of their own for undergraduate coursesThe 2023 rankings in fullOxbridge is being replaced at the apex of UK universities by “Stoxbridge” after St...

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Truss and Sunak’ ideas on education are ‘sugar-rush’ policymaking, says expert

Tory leadership candidates want to bring back grammar schools among other campaign promises but critics are wary“This is sugar-rush policymaking. It grabs a headline but has no real substance.” Such was the verdict...

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Loss of EU funding clips wings of vital crow study in Cambridge

Laboratory chief blames Brexit for closure as money for corvid brain power research dries upOne of Britain’s most important, and unusual, centres for studying cognition is facing imminent closure as a result of Brexit. Set...

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Zahawi rejects idea Oxbridge should ‘tilt system’ to accept more state pupils

Education secretary says admissions should be based on merit and focus should be on improving schoolsThe education secretary has pushed back against the idea elite universities such as Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the...

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Cambridge to end teacher training if government enacts overhaul

Exclusive: university hits out at planned changes in England, which have been called a ‘wrecking ball’The University of Cambridge says it will cease teacher training courses if the government persists with damaging...

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